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Master Of Philosophy (Structured – 7871) / (Thesis – 7860)

Doctor of laws (7921), faculty of law programme:, doctor of philosophy (7901), h.70  admission  .

Unless Senate decides otherwise, a candidate shall be required to meet the following criteria to be enrolled for the Doctor of Philosophy Degree – PhD (as indicated in H.84):

  Subject to Rule A.2.5.1, a candidate who has a degree or diploma of the University or of another tertiary institution, of which the latter degree or diploma in the opinion of the Faculty of Law and Senate is of a comparable standard, or who has in any other manner attained a level of competence which, in the opinion of the Faculty of Law and Senate, is adequate for the purpose of admission, may be registered for the PhD degree.

H.71  SELECTION  

Final selection shall be based on an applicant meeting the criteria as determined by the Faculty.

H.72  DURATION  

Unless Senate decides otherwise, the degree shall not be conferred on a candidate unless s/he has been registered as a candidate for the degree for two years. The degree shall not be conferred on a candidate until four years have elapsed from the time of gaining the LLB degree or other equivalent qualification.

H.73  CURRICULUM  

The thesis written by a law graduate or diplomat must be of an inter-disciplinary nature which is not suitable for an LLD degree, while such thesis written by a non-law graduate or diplomat may be either of such an inter-disciplinary nature or on a topic solely within the field of law.

The Doctor of Law programme is offered in the following areas of specialisation:

Comparative Constitutional Law 901/902 – CLL901/CLL902

Comparative Labour Law 901/902 – LAB901/LAB902

Disability Law 901/902 (not offered in 2023) -DSL901/DSL902

Environment Law 901/902 – IEL901/IEL902

International Human Rights Protection 901/902 – IHR901/IHR902

Law, State and Multi-level Government 901/902 – MLG901/MLG902

Mercantile Law 901/902 – MER901/MER902

Transnational Criminal Justice 901/902 – TCJ901/TCJ902

H.74  ASSESSMENT  

  • Assessment is governed by Rule 5 as stipulated in the University Calendar: General Information Part 1.
  • The assessment shall consist of a thesis and, if Senate so prescribes an oral and/or a written assessment on the subject of the thesis or the field concerned
  • In the event of a thesis being rejected, Senate may permit the candidate to re- submit it for assessment in a revised or extended
  • Unless with the approval of Senate, a candidate may not re-submit a thesis for assessment more than once in the same

H.75  PROGRESSION RULES

Registration for the following year of study shall be recommended by the supervisor if in his/her opinion adequate progress has been made during the current year (See Rule A.3.4).

H.76  RENEWAL OF REGISTRATION

Renewal of registration shall be governed by Rule A.4, as stipulated in the University Calendar: General Information Part 1 or as provided in the faculty rules as contained in this Calendar.

H.77  SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PROGRAMME

  • Before being admitted to study for the degree, the candidate shall submit his/her application for admission to the study, with the title of the thesis, to
  • A supervisor who, unless Senate decides otherwise, shall be a lecturer at the University, but should Senate appoint a supervisor from outside the University, it may appoint a co-supervisor, from the staff of the University;
  • An Assessment Panel consisting of such external and internal subject specialists as Senate, on the recommendation of the
  • The thesis shall show proof of original work and shall be a distinct contribution to the knowledge of and insight into the
  • The title of the thesis shall be approved for a period of five years, after which period the student must apply to the faculty for an
  • The thesis shall be submitted no later than the dates stipulated in the University Calendar.
  • No thesis which has previously been submitted for a degree at another university shall be accepted, but material taken from publications of the candidate may be incorporated
  • The candidate may be required to submit, together with his/her thesis, any thesis or dissertation previously submitted by him/her for another degree, whether such previous thesis or dissertation has been accepted or
  • Together with the submission of a candidate’s research proposal to the Law Higher Degrees Committee, the candidate must present evidence of participation in research methodology training as determined by the
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I am a Professor and the DST/NRF SARChI Research Chair in Intellectual Property, Innovation and Development in the Department of Commercial Law at the University of Cape Town (UCT).  The chair was first awarded in 2019 as a tier 2 chair and has been upgraded and renewed for a second term (2024 – 2028) at tier 1. I am also affiliated with the Intellectual Property Unit . I served as Head of the Department of Commercial Law from 2014 – 2016 and as Deputy Dean, Postgraduate Studies in 2017 and Jan – June 2019 and in 2022. I am member of the African Policy, Research & Advisory Group on STI, a member of the Advisory Board of the African Network of International Economic Law (AfIELN) and of the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) . I also serve on the the AU Scientific Technical Research Commission ASRIC Taskforce on IP Protection in Joint Research and Collaboration During Outbreaks. I am also member of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) trade and industrial development advisory council .

I have served as an expert for various institutions including the African Union, World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the AfCFTA Secretariat and the Southern African Development Community (SADC).

I hold a PhD in IP Law from the University of Cape Town, an LLM  from the University of Cambridge  and an LLB from the University of Zimbabwe. Before joining  UCT in 2005, I lectured at the University of Limpopo (formerly University of the North) and the University of Zimbabwe. Prior to that, I practiced briefly as an attorney at Coghlan, Welsh & Guest.

For more about my academic career, visit my UCT webpage and read this snapshot. At UCT, I  currently teach  Electronic Law and Intellectual Property (IP) Law at postgraduate level. I also supervise masters and PhD candidates, primarily in IP law, but also in other areas of commercial law. I am involved in research projects that focus on open development, access to knowledge and the promotion of a balanced approach to IP Law. I am an NRF rated researcher.  My current rating is B2 which is awarded to scholars who enjoy considerable international recognition for the high quality and impact of their recent research outputs.. In August 2024, I was awarded the South African Women in Science Awards (SAWISA) Distinguished Women Researchers’ Award (Humanities and Social Sciences) by the Department of Science and Innovation ( read more ).

Some of my teaching materials and conference presentations are available on slideshare . For the period 2012 – 2022, I also presented a module on SMEs, Innovation and IP on the Masters Degree in Intellectual Property (MIP) jointly offered by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) and Africa University (AU).

I am a member of various academic associations such as the International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property (ATRIP),  the South African Association of Intellectual Property Law and Information Technology Law Teachers and Researchers (AIPLITL) and the Society of Law Teachers of Southern Africa (SLTSA).I am affiliated with the University of Ottawa as an Associate Member, Centre for Law, Technology and Society .

You may download some of my publications from  openuct ,    researchgate ,  SSRN  and  academia.edu .  I also blog  from infojustice.org and afro-ip (see Afro-IP and infojustice posts page on this site).  

Research Focus

I work primarily in the area of IP law and have a special interest in how IP law and policy can be best calibrated to achieve national socio-economic goals in African states. These considerations centre on the promotion of innovation in prevalent African contexts, such as the informal sector. My publications to date have considered copyright and patent laws specifically in the light of access imperatives grounded in the constitutional protection of fundamental and socio-economic rights. For instance, I have worked on how copyright  impacts publication in neglected languages for under-served markets and access to works by persons with cognitive, aural, physical and other disabilities. My other key focus area is the protection of indigenous knowledge, on which I have authored book chapters and co-edited a volume, Indigenous Knowledge & Intellectual Property . African regional integration efforts are also a critical element of my study of how IP law and policy are developing in Africa. This is the subject of Intellectual Property Policy, Law and Administration in Africa: Exploring Continental and Sub-re gional Co-operation  (2016, Routledge) now in its second edition  Intellectual Property Law in Africa: Harmonising Administration and Policy   (2023) 2nd edition, Routledge  and Science, Technology & Innovation and Intellectual Property: Leveraging Openness for Sustainable Development in Africa (2021, Juta) [ open access download / hard copy purchase ]. My most recent work has turned to Human Rights, the SDGs and emerging technologies as seen in these three co-edited volumes:

  • Bita Amani, Caroline B Ncube and Matthew Rimmer (ed.s)   Elgar Companion to Intellectual Property and the Sustainable Development Goals  (2024) Edward Elgar
  • C Ncube, D Oriakhogba, I Ruten and T Schonwetter (ed.s)  Artificial Intelligence and the Law in Africa  (2023) LexisNexis
  • Danwood Chirwa and Caroline B Ncube (ed.s)  The Internet, Development, Human Rights and the Law in Africa  (2023) Routledge

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Sepideh Azari completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Namibia. She holds an MSocSc in Sociology from UCT. The focus of Sepideh’s master's thesis titled,  , analyses the everyday experiences of discrimination faced by African migrants. 

For her PhD, Sepideh is looking at the role of the natural and social sciences in the construction of “the native” in South African scholarship between 1920 and 1990. The focus of her study is an exploration of the epistemic formations and academic traditions of the University of Cape Town.

Sepideh has tutored in the Department for a number of years and in a variety of courses. In 2014, she taught the module on 'race' for SOC2004S: Race Class and Gender.

Sepideh’s research interests are on matters of race, everyday discrimination, migrancy, identity politics, and South African higher education.

Sepideh is part of the Third African Diaspora research collective, and since 2012 she has been working as a researcher for the Charter of the Humanities and Social Sciences; today the National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences. Presently she is an intern with the Knowledges of Power project (NRF funded). This project investigates the relationship between state ideology and knowledge production, in search for new post-apartheid knowledge projects. 

Emma Arogundade completed her MPhil in Critical Diversity Studies at the University of Cape Town in 2012. Her ongoing research interests into the intersections between the ways in which identities and positionality shape and influence opinions and actions is finding expression in her PhD exploring how different Capetonians respond to the idea of restitution and redress for past race based injustices in South Africa. Other research interests include pan africanism, feminisms, mothering and privilege. She has tutored and lectured in the sociology department at UCT, as well as with the School for International Training. She has also worked as a research intern at the Human Sciences Research Council, where the projects she worked on include an evaluation of peer education in the Western Cape, , and a project on privilege in four African universities. She has presented her work at several conferences and is the author and editor of a number of academic and non-academic texts.

Fazila’s PhD research seeks to map the scope, scale and manifestation of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) in the South African economy to determine the actual nature of technological disruption, who is affected by it and how. In this regard, she examines who the winners and the losers are in the South African economy.

At the same time, as insufficient attention is given to occupations that are seen as stepping-stones to the middle class, her study specifically drills into white-collar jobs that have become vulnerable to technological unemployment due to the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI).

Given the complex challenges created by the emergence of automation in the 4IR, its impact on the workforce and the threat it poses to South Africa’s transformation project, Fazila’s research explores whether South Africans are up to the task of breaking the mould in our thinking about how to deal with our crisis of inequality.

Fazila is a South African activist who has dedicated more than two decades of her working life to the local NGO sector. She is the founder and former publisher of the South African Civil Society Information Service ( ), a non-profit news agency that fed social justice commentary to the mainstream media from 2008 to 2015.



 

Ragi Bashonga is employed as a PhD Research Trainee in the Research Use and Impact Assessment (RIA) unit in the HSRC. She holds a Master’s degree in Industrial Sociology and Labour Studies from the University of Pretoria. Her Master’s Study entitled ‘Selling Narratives: An ethnography of the Spoken Word poetry movement in Pretoria and Johannesburg’ explored a number of issues an important of which is contemporary black youth identities. Ragi has research experience in a number of qualitative and quantitative research projects at the HSRC. She also has experience in the field of gender, having worked in the Gender Focal Point unit at the National Department of Social Development. Her interests are in the areas of identity, gender, inequality and socio-economic development. Her proposed PhD ‘Amakwerekere? The identity Construction and Integration of second generation African immigrants’ is a study of race, migration and belonging  in the area of youth identities in South Africa. 


My PhD research focuses on variations in social assistance programmes for families and children in selected Southern African countries. I hold a BA Honours degree from Midlands State University and MSc in Development Studies from the National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe.  I have vast humanitarian and development policy and practice experience as a project manager, researcher and lead consultant for various national and international Non-Governmental Organisations. My research interests include family policy, poverty, social protection, comparative social policy development and financing, HIV & AIDS and children. I am a Research Fellow in the at the University of Cape Town and a Graduate Teaching Assistant in the department. Current research covers comparative welfare policy reforms in 14 countries in Africa.

Selected conference papers presented:

Policy Debates, Child Indicators and Child Grants in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe, presented at the 5th Conference of the International Society for Child Indicators on “From welfare to well-being: Child indicators in research, policy and practice” at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, 4 September 2015.

Poverty, Changing Political Regimes and Social Cash Transfers in Zimbabwe, presented at Politics of Social Protection in Africa Conference, UCT, South Africa, June 2015

‘Broken families’, Poverty and Social Assistance for Children in Southern Africa- Zimbabwe, South Africa, Namibia and Botswana, presented at Social Protection in Africa Conference, UCT, South Africa, March 2015.

Social policy reform in Zimbabwe, 2009-13, presented at Centre for Social Science Research Symposium in Social Protection in Africa, UCT, South Africa, June 2014.

Reunification and community reintegration of children in residential care in Zimbabwe, presented at Child Rights Sector Annual Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa, November 2013.

Needs of Female Inmates in Zimbabwe, presented during Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services Stakeholder reflections on Working with Incarcerated Women at Cresta Oasis Hotel Harare, Zimbabwe, 10 October 2013.

Exploring hidden alternative sources of social support among Institute of Capacity Development students, presented at Institute of Capacity Development in Harare, Zimbabwe on 8 February 2011.

Women and girls living with HIV and AIDS and their access to medical care and treatment for HIV-related opportunistic infections using public health institutions in Harare, presented at mitigating the impacts of HIV & AIDS conference in Harare, Zimbabwe, 05 August 2009.

Nicole Miriam Daniels is a research affiliate with the Family Studies Research Unit (FASRU), at the Centre for Social Science Research (CSSR) where she has written three working papers and presented in their lunchtime seminar series. Her first peer-reviewed article was recently published in the Journal of Gender Studies: Doing homebirth like a man? Constructions of masculinity in South African men’s narratives of homebirth

Nicole returned to UCT in 2012, ten years after completing her undergraduate degree in gender and development to do an honours in sociology examining women’s retrospective experiences of homebirth. Motivated by her own birth experiences and those of others she’d assisted as a doula, she was hungry to learn more about the conditions which led to meaningful and fulfilling experiences of birth.

Under the attentive supervision of Dr Elena Moore, she was able to hone her skills as a researcher and was given the opportunity to do a dissertation masters. As a DST-NRF Research Intern, she tutored in HUMEDU, the Humanities Educational Development Unit. Nicole was able to procure addition supervision from Dr Rachelle Chadwick to help her understand multiple perspectives of women, men and couples’ experiences of homebirth. She asked the question: What are the relational negotiations that take place when couples plan homebirths, have homebirths and narrate their experiences? 

She has presented ‘work-in-progress’ findings from her thesis at the British Sociological Association (BSA), Medical Sociology (MedSoc), 2014 Annual Conference with funding from the CSSR and a Bio-Social Society Conference Bursary. In 2015 she presented as part of a panel with Jessica Rucell and Rachel Chadwick on ‘Coming to Life: Methodological Challenges of Researching Birth and Maternal Health in South Africa’ at the International Society for Critical Health Psychology (ISCHP). In 2016, she joined three other FASRU researchers, Kirsty Button, Isaac Chinyoka and Elena Moore at the Centre for Research on Families and Relationships (CRFR) annual conference in Scotland. She has also presented her work to fellow birth activists and research participants at the 2014 and 2015 Midwifery and Birth Conferences and as a fellow post-graduate at UCT’s cross currents conference.

She currently part of the Rands and Reproduction Project run by Dr Amrita Pande, who is co-supervising her PhD.

Email: [email protected] and read more of her work https://uct.academia.edu/NicoleDaniels

 

Simbarashe Gukurume is a Doctoral fellow at the Institute for Humanities in Africa (HUMA), University of Cape Town. He is a holder of a BSc degree in Sociology and an MSc in Sociology and Social Anthropology from University of Zimbabwe. His research interests focus more broadly on money, prosperity gospel, consumerism and livelihoods. His current research project focuses on prosperity gospel and upwardly mobile university students within Pentecostal Charismatic Churches in Zimbabwe and South Africa. Before his current role, he was a lecturer at Great Zimbabwe University (2010-2014), a teaching assistant at University of Zimbabwe (2008-2010). 

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Susan Holland-Muter has been active in women's and LGBTI struggles in South Africa and Colombia as a feminist political activist and researcher. She is currently a PhD student in Sociology. Her work focuses on the politics of gender, sexuality, race and place in Cape Town, exploring lesbians' everyday negotiations of the city through a number of inter-related spheres. These include perceptions and experiences of Cape Town as being both the gay capital of South Africa as well as the centre of racism and inequity; secondly, perceptions and experiences of families of origin and families of choice and lastly, the politics of love and desire. 

 

 

Mario Jacobs is a former trade union official with 24 years’ experience in the South African labour movement. Part of his trade union work involved research in the field of labour law and labour market developments. He has an MPhil (Labour Law) from the University of Cape Town (UCT) and a MA (Social and Labour Economics) from the University of Campinas, Brazil. He is a researcher at the Labour and Enterprise Policy Research Group (LEP), based at the law faculty, UCT. His current research interest includes Global Value Chains (GVC) and Collective Bargaining. His PhD research question is:

 

 

Moment Malandu is a PhD candidate in  Sociology at the University of Cape Town. His research interests are in forest governance and land reform.  He holds a BSc Hons Degree in Development Studies and MA in Development Studies Degree from Lupane and Midlands State Universities respectively, both located in Zimbabwe. His current thesis is titled “Forests, Property Rights and Livelihoods. A Case of Gwayi Protected Forest, Zimbabwe.” The study focuses on the role played by property rights in the governance of protected forests and their effects on livelihoods of forest dependent communities. 


Leo Mapira is an industrial sociologist and holds a BScSc in Labour, Organisational Psychology & Human Resources Management; BSocSc (Honours) in Workplace Change & Labour Law; and MSocSc in Industrial Sociology), all from  the University of Cape Town (UCT). He is currently undertaking Doctoral studies in Industrial Sociology at UCT. The working title of his Doctoral thesis is - Labour Migration & Trade Union Revitalisation in South Africa: The Explanatory and Strategic Utility of Social Movement Unionism and Institutional Embeddedness. Mr Mapira is also training in Programme Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation. He an Academic Advisor at the Institute for the Education of International Students (IES Abroad Cape Town) where he also convenes and lecture the Polity, Community Development & Urban Life course. Mr. Mapira is also a Teaching Assistant/Guest-lecturer in the Department of Sociology and the Humanities Education Development Unit at the University of Cape Town. His expertise and research areas include: industrial relations and immigration (African Diaspora); community development & social protection policy; Programme planning, monitoring and evaluation. He has considerable years of research experience in the academia, development and corporate sectors. Among his more recent reports research are:

Mapira, L (2013). SA Masters Dissertation, 2013. 

Chames C, Davies, N., Phillips, T & Mapira, L. . Research by Southern Hemisphere Commissioned and Published by the International Labour Organisation, 2013. 

With Philips, T & Wessels, W & Mapira, L. A . Report by Southern Hemisphere Commissioned by the Foundation for Human Rights (South Africa), 2013.

My work is concerned with the way in which youth interpret and negotiate the socio-geographic conditions of ghetto neighbourhoods in their attempts to find work. While many youth struggle without work, some do succeed with finding permanent employment. I am interested in probing these disparities because while ghetto neighbourhoods imply confined living conditions, people construct various mechanisms to cope with their circumstances. In building diverse case studies, I hope to trace these constructions that highlight the discrepancies in employment outcomes among youth who are exposed to the same neighbourhood conditions.

 

Daliwonga Lester holds BA Degree majoring in Political Studies (UWC), BA Honours in Political Studies (UWC), MPhil in Labour Law (UWC) and Masters in Law Dispute Resolution (UCT). He is a qualified mediator that specializes in the field of Labour law. He is currently undertaking Doctoral studies in Industrial Sociology at UCT. His research focuses on the 2012 Marikana killings of the mine workers. His main focus are the events leading to the strike, with specific attention to the failed engagements that took place between mineworkers and Lonmin management.   


Nonzuzo Mbokazi is a sociologist, holding a Master of Social Science in Sociology from Rhodes University. She is currently pursuing a PhD with the Department of Sociology at the University of Cape Town. The thesis of her doctoral study is focused on low income mothers and childcare state policy. Nonzuzo has a strong interest in public policy as she is of the view that Sociology can help to better understand how institutional inertia affects public policy initiatives, which are so pertinent to a developing country such as South Africa. Nonzuzo Mbokazi is also a researcher with the Mzantsi Wakho study at the at UCT.   

 

Rob McGaffin is a town planner and land economist.  He has worked as town planner with the City of Cape Town and the Gauteng Department of Economic Development and has worked in property finance at several financial institutions. He was the coordinator for the markets theme at the Urban Land Markets Programme for Southern Africa. He currently lectures in the Department of Construction Economics and Mangement at the University of Cape Town and is a Mistra Urban Futures Researcher with the African Centre for Cities.  He is the course coordinator for the Housing Finance Couse for Sub-Saharan Africa run in partnership with the University of Cape Town,  the Wharton School of Business of the University of Pennsylvania and the Centre for Affordable Housing Finance in Africa. He registered for a PhD at the University of Cape Town where he is researching where and why the economic sectors in Cape Town locate where they do.

I have a BA (Hons) in Political Science from the University of KwaZulu Natal, and an MA in Development Studies from Dalhousie University, Canada. I’ve worked at UCT’s since 2011, where I remain an irregular member of staff. My doctoral research aims to ‘street harassment’ constitutes urban space for women and sexual and gender minorities. My other research interests and  includes: gender-based violence, youth sex and relationship education, queer theory and disability studies.

E-mail: [email protected] 


Tsitsi completed a BSoc Sci in Social Work (2008), BSoc Sci (Hons) in Social Development (2009) and MSoc Sci in Social Development (2011) at the University of Cape Town. Her Masters’ thesis explored the structural, social and economic factors that contribute to women doing sex work in the southern suburbs of Cape Town.  She worked as a Social Worker at the Cape Flats Development Association (CAFDA) in Cape Town. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Development Studies at UCT. Her PhD Research Project is entitled: . The study investigates the structural constraints and opportunities that women traders encounter in their businesses and how they exercise agency in response to these. The study is located in development studies and sociological debate on structure and agency, drawing primarily on Giddens’s Structuration Theory and Amartya Sen’s Capabilities Approach has been grafted into Structuration Theory to strengthen the theoretical framework because of Sen’s record of work in women’s self-help projects. Tsitsi worked as a part time researcher at the Gender Health and Justice Research Unit at UCT on a school based violence prevention project. She also worked as a research assistant at the Energy Research Centre on   a number of projects relating to Climate Change Mitigation Project, Informal Trading and Energy Use. She also tutors Sociology courses for undergraduate students.

Conference Papers Presented:

, presented at the South African Sociological Association (SASA) conference in Pretoria from 30 June-3 July 2013.

She is a Mellon Mays Fellow.

E-mail: 

I have a background in forest and nature conservation, and  6 years experience working with the State Department of Forestry, the Forestry Commission in Zimbabwe. My study interests are, broadly, in forest governance issues in Zimbabwe's forest reserves, with a particular focus on people-state relationships. I am enrolled in the programme, a new interdisciplinary MPhil and PhD programme in the Faculty of Humanities. For my PhD l am studying the militarisation of forest policing practices in the forest reserves and their effects on local people, under the supervision of Dr. Frank Matose of the Sociology department.

 

 


 


For the past 10 years, Emmily Kamwendo Naphambo has been a development practitioner, with specialty and interest in the development and management of programmes in the fields of Children’s’ rights, Gender, Adolescents and Youth Sexual Reproductive Health, and HIV and AIDS.  As a researcher, she has published several research reports on the issues of women, youth and children. Emmily has also served in the UN system, particularly in UN Women and UNFPA, where she managed several successful gender and Adolescent and Youth related programme portfolios in Malawi. Emmily has also served in other international and non-governmental organisations notably:  Plan International (she managed a regional programme on ending child marriages in 5 Southern African countries; Malawi, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Tanzania, Mozambique) where she successfully contributed to the development of a SADC model law on Child marriages, Women and Law in Southern Africa(WLSA), where amongst other things, she co-authored a number of research publications on Women Rights and Population Services International, where started her career in youth programming. Emmily is currently in her second year, reading her PHD specialising in Sociology.

 

Nadia is a PhD student registered with the Department of Sociology. Her main research interests are Reproductive Sociology , Gender Studies, Development Studies, Public Health and Transmigration Studies. 

Her PhD topic, " " through narratives of the Southern African rural girl child is linked to a project she founded called “Save the Girl-with-a-Vision”. It supports 70 girls in the village of Mbizingwe, Zimbabwe. In it she champions the cause of the rural girl child in the field of sexual reproductive health and rights (SRHR) by widening the access to sanitary wear in order to curb school girl absenteeism. If you'd like to sponsor a girl or make a contribution to the donor Foundation, visit: http://geddesfoundation.com/save-the-girl/ .

Nadia  holds three degrees in Sociology with the University of Cape Town (UCT) –  a BA, an Honours in Development Studies and MSocSc in Global Studies. She is a published poet, journalist and creative writer. She specializes in auto/biographical narratives in her academic research as she has a lyrical ability that meaningfully translates lived experiences into sociology theory. Her Master's was titled, "Narratives of the transnational student: a complicated story of cultural identity, cultural exchange and homecoming". Her MA abstract was accepted for presentation in Buenos Aires, Argentina in April at the University of Birmingham's Ironbridge International Institute for Cultural Heritage international conference, "Heritages of Migration: Moving Stories, Objects and Home" under the sub-theme "Problematizing Belonging" 

Nadia is also talented vocalist with her own single and serves happily as a worship leader at her church in Zimbabwe, One Community, a Pentecostal church which is one of the Newfrontiers International network.

Originally from Venda (Limpopo), Azwihangwisi  (Azwi) Joseph Netshikulwe joined the University of Cape Town in 2002 as an undergraduate. 13 years later he is still here although he took a two-year gap between 2010 and 2012. He has been part of Sociology Department since 2003 and holds a Master's Degree in Sociology. He is currently working on his PhD in Industrial Sociology.He is interested in issues related to the labour market in South Africa and is currently conducting research on the occupational/ethnic niches of African migrants in South Africa, focusing on informal Congolese car-guards in South Africa. This an area of interest to our Third African Diaspora project, headed by Prof Ari Sitas, which attempts to “map” the changing nature of African migrations at a national, regional and trans-continental level. 

 

Edwin Nsah completed an undergraduate degree in Economics at the University of Dschang, Cameroon, and Honours and Master’s degrees in Development Studies at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. He is currently pursuing his PhD at the University of Cape Town. He is particularly interested in developing an understanding of the problems and challenges facing NGOs in pursuing their aims.

Ntiro and Malangatana Ngwenya

Mario Pissarra is an art historian and founder of the Africa South Art Initiative (ASAI), an independent research project located at UCT. The digitization of the Community Arts Project’s (CAP) archives forms part of ASAI’s ongoing research into ‘people’s culture’, a radical discourse associated with the 1980s that continues to pose challenges to contemporary preoccupations with the ‘creative economy’. His PhD research is being supervised by Prof Ari Sitas. 

Sophia Olivia Sanan is a PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology, University of Cape Town, and a Research Fellow with the Recentring AfroAsia Project. She has been working in the fields of visual culture and arts education in South Africa for the last nine years. She holds a Masters degree in Sociology from the Universities of Freiburg in Germany, Jawaharlal Nehru University in India and UCT, an Honours degree from UCT in Political Philosophy and Social Theory, and a BA in Visual Communication from Stellenbosch University. Through her work as a scholar, lecturer and researcher she has focused on the themes of art and design education for social justice; race and institutional transformation in higher education; cultural policy development in Africa; and the socio-cultural dimensions of African migration in Europe, South Africa and India. Her studies, research work and personal life have allowed her to spend extensive time in North India, which she considers a second home.

Her PhD research is a comparative study on race, ‘foreign-ness’ and belonging in migrant African micro-communities in Cape Town and New Delhi. In both of these cities, she will engage with both self-identified ‘locals’ and African ‘foreigners’ to explore personal narratives, collective imaginings and social tensions through visual research methods and the study of cultural and aesthetic expressions. By using a visual approach to data collection, she aims to create an inclusive dialogue-based research process. The visual, textual and audio-visual mapping processes conducted in both cities will aim to illuminate a) the imagined Africa in India and South Africa that informs the perception of ‘otherness’ expressed in moments of violence; b) responses, stories and narratives from the African diaspora to this collective imaginary; and c) the dialogue, interaction and exchange that would result from these maps, stories and imaginations engaging with each other.

The study is premised on the idea that engaging with the experiences of discrimination, marginalisation and violence felt by perceived ‘foreign’ communities in both India and South Africa may be instructive in understanding and responding to the construction of race and difference in both of these two global South urban environments. By drawing on histories of cultural entanglements between India and Africa, the study hopes to explore less violent contemporary possibilities for Afro-Asian connectivity.

Lwando Scott is a PhD candidate in Sociology at the University of Cape Town (UCT). He was a visiting research fellow with the Fox International Fellowship at Yale University (2013/14). His doctoral research is on same-sex marriage in South Africa with a working thesis title "Will marriage normalise queers, or will queers radicalise marriage: Same-sex marriage in South Africa." After receiving his Bachelor of Social Science Honours in Diversity Studies (UCT), he completed a Master of Social Science in Social Responsibility in 2010 from St Cloud State University in Minnesota. His thesis titled, “The historical impact of capitalist development on gay movements in South Africa and the United States.” in 2011 & 2012 He worked as an Assistant Lecturer for Diversity Literacy at UCT. During his time as a PhD candidate Lwando has tutored first year students Introductory Sociology. He held internship positions both at the  Desmond Tutu Aids Foundation (2011), and the Institute for Security Studies (2007). He also volunteered and subsequently worked at the Minnesota Aids Project as a community educator and conducted trainings on the intersection of HIV/Aids and chemical health (2010). Lwando's work, academic and otherwise, is centered around advancing queer politics in South Africa.

Hangala Siachiwena holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Development Studies and Economics from the University of Zambia and a Master of Philosophy in Development Studies from the University of Cape Town (UCT). He is currently a Researcher on the Legislating and Implementing Welfare Policy Reforms (LIWPR) project in the at UCT. The LIWPR project seeks to understand the factors that favour or militate against the adoption and expansion of social protection policies in 14 African countries. His research on the LIWPR project also serves as the basis for his doctoral studies. Hangala’s PhD research focuses on how and why social protection policy reforms happen after changes of government in Southern African countries, including Malawi, Namibia and Zambia. Through his research, Hangala wishes to understand how decisions on social protection programmes and policies are made, the roles played by different actors such as political leaders, bureaucrats, international donors and civil society in the provision of social protection, and to understand how and why programmes and policies have changed (or not) in recent years following the elections of new presidents and/or political parties. Hangala is also a member of the . 

 

 

Jean-Paul Solomon is a PhD student whose research, being supervised by Prof Owen Crankshaw, is focused on the extent to which spatial, racial and economic inequalities have persisted into the so-called ‘post-apartheid’ era. This forms part of his broader interests in the racial differences in labour market and educational outcomes, as well as the resulting economic inequalities.

In addition to his masters degree in sociology from UCT, he has qualifications in theology and accounting. His work experience in recent years has included working as a researcher at the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), lecturing at the Cornerstone Institute ( ) and UCT, as well as being an academic advisor to students in the study abroad programs at SIT ( ) and CIEE ( ).

John Spiropoulos' PhD project is an examination of the meaning of money, debt and the value placed by poor households on the house, on objects of consumption and on relationships. He is an affiliated PhD student in the

As a newly appointed lecturer specialising in Industrial Sociology, I am focusing my teaching interests on labour studies and the new worlds of work. This relates closely with my research, where my primary areas of interest are domestic work, private employment agencies and migrant labour.  

Dickson Armstrong Tumawu, a Cambridge Commonwealth Scholar, is supervised by Dr Frank Matose. His work is titled: . His research examines the metabolism between gold mining, humans, nonhuman nature and society. He holds a PhD Fellowship from the Albert Baker Fund, in Sacramento, California USA. He received an M. Phil in Modern Society and Global Transformations from University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. He is a member of the Individual in the Labour Market Research Group at University of Cambridge. Prior to coming to University of Cape Town, he taught at a number of universities and institutions. His research interests are in three main areas. The first is located in environmental management. The second is situated in managing and motivating people at work. He also has the expertise and interest in logic and critical thinking.  

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The Faculty's new Postgraduate Scholarship in Marine & Environmental Law will be open for applications in October-November 2024 for the 2025 academic year (LLM, LLM Professional or MPhil), so keep an eye on this page for specific dates and deadlines

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The Konrad Adenauer Stiftung-iNtaka Scholarship in Postgraduate Law & Technology 

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The application opportunity for this scholarship opportunity for 2025 will be announced in October 2024.

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General Law Faculty Postgraduate Scholarships - SECOND Call for Applications for 2024

The second call for 2024 Postgraduate Scholarships applications is now open. To apply, please complete the the online form HERE.

The funding criteria are listed below for each scholarship opportunity, but please also check the Law Faculty Handbook. 

Please note: Applications for the specialist Postgraduate Scholarships in Marine & Environmental Law and in Law & Technology are separate processes and those calls will be announced in due course for 2025. 

All enquiries must be sent to Lwandile Nontsele at [email protected] . The CLOSING DATE is 9 AUGUST 2024.

Please Note:

  • Closing dates for applications for 2024 Second Call: 9 August 2024.
  • Upload all your supporting documents as a single, combined PDF.
  • No late applications will be considered.
  • Incomplete application will not be processed (complete the entire form and attach all necessary documents as requested).
  • It is the applicant's responsibility to include a list of referees.

Scholarships background

The Faculty of Law, through its own fundraising efforts and donor support and legacies, has a number of scholarships in support of postgraduate study every year. Some scholarships are awarded on application, while others are awarded based purely on merit at the discretion of the Law Faculty Postgraduate Scholarships Committee. Full information is available in the Faculty Handbook  or you can contact the Law Faculty Office .

Please note:   The UCT Postgraduate Funding Office has a handbook on general funding opportunities for postgraduates . 

Scholarships for postgraduate study awarded on application

Only candidates registered within the minimum time for completion of their degree are eligible for the award of any of these scholarships, bursaries or grants.

Excellence in Law Postgraduate Scholarships

The Faculty of Law has raised donor funding to be able to offer scholarships to previously disadvantaged South African postgraduate candidates. Several Excellence in Law scholarships are available annually, at LLM, MPhil and PhD level. These are awarded based primarily on academic merit, although financial need may also be a consideration.

  • Closing date: 9 August 2024
  • Value: R60 000 pa for LLM or MPhil candidates and R90 000 pa for PhD candidates
  • Tenure: One year for LLM or MPhil by coursework and research candidates. Two years for Master's by research only candidates, subject to satisfactory progress in the first year of registration. Three years for PhD candidates, subject to satisfactory progress in the first and second year of registration.

Law Faculty Master's and Doctoral Scholarships

To encourage postgraduate research, the Law Faculty makes awards to suitable candidates for master's degrees by research only or doctoral degrees in the Faculty of Law at UCT. This funding is in addition to other scholarship opportunities and is intended as a form of bridging finance to give candidates contemplating higher degrees the security of knowing that their financial needs will be at least partially met for the first year of their studies, which is a critical period in their progress. Successful candidates must also make application to the UCT Postgraduate Funding Office and other appropriate sources for scholarship funding. Any award from external sources that takes financial support beyond the level of R230 000 per annum for a master's candidate or R283 000 per annum for a doctoral candidate will then be deducted from the scholarship granted by the Faculty.

  • Closing date: 9 August 2024
  • Value: R84 000
  • Tenure: One year (The scholarship may be re-awarded on application once only.)

Basil and Con Corder Scholarship

In 1997, a scholarship was established in terms of the wishes of the late Basil Corder. The scholarship is awarded to a University of Cape Town graduate in law who is registered at the University of Cape Town for the LLM degree by coursework and minor dissertation, on the basis of financial need, proven academic merit and having displayed a concern for the wider community through service individually or in voluntary organisations. Preference will be given to an applicant who will be completing part of the degree at a university outside South Africa. In the event that there are no suitable candidates for the award at the level of LLM studies, the scholarship may be awarded to an applicant registered for the Intermediate or Final Level LLB, on the basis of financial need, proven academic merit and indication of concern for the wider community, as set out above.

  • Value: Variable (approximately R10 000)
  • Tenure: One year

Ethel Walt Human Rights Scholarship

Ethel Walt was a human rights activist who directed her passion for social justice through her work in the Black Sash. This scholarship is awarded towards tuition for the LLM or MPhil programme in Social Justice or Human Rights Law by coursework and minor dissertation. Preference will be given to applicants who demonstrate proven community involvement of some kind, and a commitment to engaging in community issues after graduation.

  • Closing date: NOT OPEN
  • Value: R10 000

The Alexander Burman Memorial Grant

One grant is awarded each year to a woman who is either a South African citizen or permanent resident, and is in their first year of a PhD in the field of socio-legal studies. The award is based primarily on academic merit although financial need may also be considered, and preference will be given to candidates from previously disadvantaged backgrounds.

  • Value: R100 000
  • Tenure: One year, non-renewable

Sir William Solomon Memorial Scholarship

In 1939 Miss Emile Jane Solomon bequeathed R10 000 to the University to found a scholarship in memory of her brother, the late Sir William Solomon MA KCSI KCMG, formerly Chief Justice of the Union of South Africa.

The scholarship is available for candidates taking research degrees in law by thesis only.

  • Value: R20 000 for LLM or MPhil and R30 000 for PhD
  • Tenure: One year (The scholarship may be re-awarded on application once only)

Wilfred Kramer Law Grants 

Wilfred Kramer Law Grants are available for those who enroll for approved higher postgraduate study in the Faculty of Law at the University of Cape Town. In addition, limited funds are available for candidates who wish to participate in an approved exchange programme at an overseas university; the candidates do part of the LLM coursework at an approved overseas university and the balance of coursework as well as the minor dissertation at UCT Law Faculty. Further information is available from the Law Faculty Office.

  • Value: Variable
  • Tenure: One year (a grant may be re-awarded on application once only)

Beric Croome Postgraduate Tax Law Scholarship

This scholarship has been established in recognition of the contribution made by Dr Beric Croome to the practice of tax law. Generous financial support from Dr Croome, an Advocate of the High Court and qualified CA who completed a PhD in Tax Law at UCT Law in 2008, as well as from friends and associates, has enabled the establishment of a fund from which an annual scholarship of R10 000 will be awarded to a candidate undertaking postgraduate tax law studies and who has an undergraduate record that reflects effort and perseverance, has financial need and who provides some evidence of having overcome disadvantage.

  • Value: R10 000

The Dikgang Moseneke Postgraduate Fellowship

These fellowships have been established by the UCT Faculty of Law, in recognition of the contribution that Justice Dikgang Moseneke has made to the field of law in South Africa. Generously supported by Justice Moseneke, as well as friends and associates, these fellowships are intended to promote and encourage academic research into areas of legal theory and practice, and their impact on social justice, democracy, constitutionalism, public accountability, development, and social change. The fellowships are awarded to suitable candidates registered for postgraduate studies at master’s and doctoral level, a major component of which would be a thesis within the broad area of law, justice and society. Only one PhD and one LLM fellowship is awarded each year.

  • Value: R140 000 pa for PhD; R90 000 pa for Masters
  • Tenure: One year for a candidate registered for an LLM by coursework and research degree. Two years for a candidate registered for an LLM by research only degree, subject to satisfactory progress being shown in the first year of registration. Three years for a candidate registered for a PhD degree, subject to satisfactory progress being shown in the first and second years of registration.

Faculty International Student Bursaries

The Faculty awards bursaries for Postgraduate Diploma and coursework and research Master’s candidates which will reduce the International Term Fee. These are awarded based on academic merit, financial need and Faculty requirements. Further details may be found in section 5.7 of the Student Fees book.

  • Closing dates: NOT OPEN

For other funding and grants see Book 14 in the series of handbooks, available from the Postgraduate Funding Office .

Scholarships awarded without application

Ilse Lowissohn Grants

In 1984 a sum of R10 000 was bequeathed to the University by the late Miss Ilse Lowissohn for the purpose of providing a grant to assist a graduate of the Faculty of Law to undertake courses of postgraduate study in legal history or comparative law at an overseas university. Candidates are selected annually by the WP Schreiner Professor of Law from graduates of the faculty who have shown interest in the historical and comparative dimensions of Roman-Dutch law. Recipients must be registered or intend to register for an approved course of postgraduate study at an overseas university and use the grant to further their knowledge of Roman Law or one of the modern civil law jurisdictions.

Ina Ackermann Scholarship

A scholarship in memory of the late Ina Ackermann was established in the Faculty of Law from contributions donated to the Ina Ackermann Memorial Fund by family, friends and colleagues. The scholarship is awarded annually in recognition of the importance which Ms Ackermann attached to the role of women in the practising legal profession and is awarded to a woman graduate of the Faculty of Law at UCT who proceeds to the full-time first semester programme offered by the School for Legal Practice. Factors considered when making the award would include academic achievement, financial need and potential for success in the practising legal profession.

  • Tenure: Six months

UCT Postgraduate Funding 

Master’s And Doctoral Degrees - Application For UCT Financial Support For South African And Permanent Resident Students (Via Postgraduate Funding Form 10a)  - for more information call 021 650 2141/1917 or email  [email protected]

Students who intend registering toward a Master’s or Doctoral qualification at UCT may be eligible to apply for financial support. Such support, depending on eligibility and selection criteria, includes either financial need and/or merit bursaries.

In line with the UCT transformation agenda, in allocating funding for these awards, priority will be given to funding Black South African and permanent resident applicants who qualify for financial need. In the current context “Black” includes African, Coloured and Indian students. “Financial need” refers to students who qualify via the National Means Test for either Financial Aid (where gross annual family income <R350 000) or GAP tuition bursaries (where annual gross family income is between R350 000 and R600 000).

Students applying for either financial need and/or merit awards may do so via the Postgraduate funding form 10A.

It is critical for prospective students to also source other awards for which they may be eligible, such as from the National Research Foundation (NRF), the department/Research group where the student will be registered, as well as through other external sources such as private/external donors. For details of all awards administered via the Postgraduate Funding Office, see  http://www.students.uct.ac.za/students/fees-funding/postgraduate-degree-funding/noticeboard/ .

General Eligibility

  • Applicants must be South African or permanent residents.
  • Applicants must apply for a full-time Master's or Doctoral program in the relevant department/faculty

(i.e.  Only applicants who have applied for an academic place via the UCT’s Admissions Office will be considered for funding).

  • All Master's and Doctoral applicants who apply for financial need or merit awards are required to have applied for an NRF bursary, if they are eligible for NRF funding.
  • Priority will be given to students who have a minimum grade point average (GPA) score of 60% for their Honours degree.
  • Students will not be eligible for funding support if they are employed in excess of 20 hours per week during the year of study. (Note – if you are to hold NRF funding concurrently with UCT funding, the NRF requirement is for not more than 12 hours of work per week during the year of study).

Conditions of Financial need or Merit award

  • Eligible applicants are funded for two years for the Master’s degree (first and second year only) or three years for the Doctoral degree (first, second and third year only), and must be full-time students.
  • Professional or full coursework Master’s degrees, including MBA’s and MMED’s, are ineligible for funding.

Financial need eligibility criteria

  • Information provided on form 10A will be used to determine an applicant’s financial need (the “assessed need”) by applying the National Means Test (NMT) used by the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) and the criteria used by UCT to determine eligibility.
  • financial aid eligible, where gross annual family income is between <R350 000, or;
  • eligible for GAP tuition bursary where family income is between R350 000 and R600 000, or;
  • not eligible for needs-based financial support, but may be considered for a merit bursary.

Value of Financial need awards

  • The value of the financial need bursary will be calculated on “assessed need” for the full cost of attendance (FCOA) in 2020 and will take into consideration other scholarships awarded to students.
  • Depending on budget availability, students who are eligible for financial aid may be funded for their FCOA or “assessed need”, which is the approved cost of study (including tuition, and applicable accommodation and food allowances.
  • Students who do not meet the UCT financial aid need based criteria but meet the criteria for a GAP tuition bursary according to family income, will be eligible for a percentage of their approved course tuition fees.

Value of Merit awards

  • Merit awards normally cover your tuition fees in part only. Merit awards are approximately R30,000 per annum.

Application instructions

  • Applicants are required to download and complete the form 10A from:  http://www.students.uct.ac.za/students/fees-funding/postgraduate-degree-funding/bursaries-scholarships/merit-need-awards   
  • Applicants who apply for financial need must complete the application checklist and provide all supporting documentation for assessment.
  • Students who have previously been supported by NSFAS/UCT as undergraduates or full Financial Aid at Honours, still need to complete form 10A to apply for funding for their Master’s or Doctoral degree.
  • Original copies of applications and all supporting documentation must be submitted to the UCT Postgraduate Centre & Funding Office.

2. International/ Refugee Scholarships for Postgraduate Full-Time Students (FORM 10C) -  Closing date: 31 July preceding the year of study. Intended for full-time Honours, Masters and Doctoral International students and Refugees. For enquiries  please email:  [email protected]  or telephone 021 650 1917/ 2141/ 3629

International and refugee scholarships 

A limited number of scholarships are available annually to international and refugee students for postgraduate study in any discipline at UCT. As there is only one call for applications each year, it is important that the application procedure is strictly followed. These scholarships are awarded on a competitive basis and preference is given to senior candidates.

All UCT international and refugee students' scholarships are supplementary as a contribution towards Cost of Attendance. Students who apply must have the means to fund their studies.

Values: Honours – R25 000 Master’s – R30 000 Doctoral – R35 000

The scholarships are renewable for the duration of the course of study, if satisfactory progress is maintained, for 1 year at honours level, 2 at master's level and 3 at doctoral level. Students who are eligible for renewals of awards made, may apply for such renewals by completing Form 10F.

Applicants must apply for full-time admission through the UCT admissions office or the faculty office. Late applications are not accepted.

Closing date: 30 September (preceding the year of study). Email  [email protected]  for further information and application process.

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  1. Doctoral Degrees

    Candidates for the PhD may qualify for admission if they have: a master's degree. an honours degree, or a four-year bachelor's degree, plus at least one year's registration for a masters degree. a three-year bachelor's degree plus at least two years' registration for a masters degree. an LLB or BProc degree (or qualification recognised by ...

  2. Doctoral and Research Master's Applications

    The University of Cape Town's Law Faculty is the home of postgraduate legal studies in South Africa, at the School for Advanced Legal Studies - so you are at the right place. Applications for PhD and research Masters are welcome in any of the focus areas within each of our three departments.

  3. Doctoral Degrees

    The general rules of the University for the PhD apply, i.e. there are no specific rules for the Faculty of Law. Doctor of Laws (LLD) ... Department of Public Law University of Cape Town Private Bag X3 Rondebosch 7701. Tel: (27) 21 650 3072 / 3451 . Twitter; Facebook; YouTube; Research Units.

  4. Doctoral candidates

    Doctoral candidates | Applicants & Students

  5. Doctor of Laws, Ph. D.

    The score refers to the total score of 4 subjects (writing, listening, speaking, and reading), each subject has a range of 0 - 30. Such work must constitute an original contribution to, or an important advance on, knowledge in the subject. This Doctor of Laws degree from University of Cape Town is the senior doctorate in the Faculty of Law.

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  7. University of Cape Town Faculty of Law

    The University of Cape Town Faculty of Law is the oldest law school in South Africa.It was established in 1859 as a division of the South African College in the former Cape Colony.It currently enrols about 1,200 students in undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, the largest being the LLB.It is housed in the Wilfred and Jules Kramer Law Building on the university's Middle Campus in ...

  8. Doctor of Philosophy (7901)

    Unless Senate decides otherwise, a candidate shall be required to meet the following criteria to be enrolled for the Doctor of Philosophy Degree - PhD (as indicated in H.84): Subject to Rule A.2.5.1, a candidate who has a degree or diploma of the University or of another tertiary institution, of which the latter degree or diploma in the opinion of the Faculty of Law and Senate is of a ...

  9. Law: postgraduate

    The Law Faculty offers the following postgraduate degrees and diplomas: ... Graduate School of Business. Graduate School of Business: postgraduate; Short courses. ... University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa +27 (0)21 650 9111. Grad livestream Close . Facebook;

  10. Fees

    Fees | Postgraduate Hub

  11. Doctoral Degrees

    PhD in Commercial Law : CML6701W: LLD in Commercial Law (Thesis) CML6702W: LLD in Commercial Law (Published) For more detail, visit the School for Advanced Legal Studies website. Contact Us. Department of Commercial Law University of Cape Town Private Bag X3 Rondebosch 7701. Email: Toni Murphy Tel: (27) 21 650 5642 . Twitter; Facebook; YouTube;

  12. Public Policy and Administration Postgraduate Studies

    Public Policy and Administration Postgraduate Studies

  13. Public Law, Ph.D.

    The score refers to the total score of 4 subjects (writing, listening, speaking, and reading), each subject has a range of 0 - 30. Areas of expertise in the Public Law Department at University of Cape Town include (amongst other areas) Law & Society; Constitutional Law; Criminal Justice; Criminology; Human Rights; Governance & the Judiciary ...

  14. Commercial Law, Ph.D.

    The Commercial Law Department at University of Cape Town is renowned for its expertise in Comparative Law in Africa, Intellectual Property Law, Company Law, Tax Law (national and international), Corporate Governance, Labour Law and Shipping Law - and has specialist research units focused on these areas of law. I want to find another Phd Course

  15. Caroline B Ncube

    About. I am a Professor and the DST/NRF SARChI Research Chair in Intellectual Property, Innovation and Development in the Department of Commercial Law at the University of Cape Town (UCT). The chair was first awarded in 2019 as a tier 2 chair and has been upgraded and renewed for a second term (2024 - 2028) at tier 1.

  16. Private Law, Ph.D.

    Apply to The Global Study Awards and get the chance to receive 10,000 GBP for your study abroad! This funding is powered by ISIC, British Council, IELTS and Studyportals. Go to your profile page to get personalised recommendations! The Private Law programme from University of Cape Town is focused on the legal interests of individuals in society.

  17. Current PhD Research in the Department

    Lwando Scott is a PhD candidate in Sociology at the University of Cape Town (UCT). He was a visiting research fellow with the Fox International Fellowship at Yale University (2013/14). His doctoral research is on same-sex marriage in South Africa with a working thesis title "Will marriage normalise queers, or will queers radicalise marriage ...

  18. Applying to UCT Law

    Applying to UCT Law

  19. Theses & Dissertations

    Theses & Dissertations | UCT Libraries

  20. Postgraduate studies

    Postgraduate studies | Applicants & Students

  21. Postgraduate Scholarships

    The scholarship is awarded to a University of Cape Town graduate in law who is registered at the University of Cape Town for the LLM degree by coursework and minor dissertation, on the basis of financial need, proven academic merit and having displayed a concern for the wider community through service individually or in voluntary organisations ...

  22. Law: undergraduate

    Law: undergraduate | Applicants & Students